Paige Hauschild

Paige Hauschild
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1999-08-17) August 17, 1999
Santa Barbara, California
EducationU. Southern Cal
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight175 lb (79 kg)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWater Polo
PositionDriver
College teamU. Southern California (USC)
ClubSanta Barbara 805
Coached byCathy Neushul (Santa Barbara 805)
Jovan Vavic, Marko Pintaric (USC)
Adam Krikorian (Olympics)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 BudapestTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 GwangjuTeam
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2026 Sydney

Paige Hauschild (born August 17, 1999) is an American water polo player, who competed for the University of Southern California and was a member of the United States women's national water polo team that won a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. Showing consistent strength on the international stage, the 2020 gold medal was the U.S. Women's water polo team's third successive Olympic gold medal, having captured the gold in both 2012 and 2016.[1][2][3]

Early life

Hauschild was born August 17, 1999, in Santa Barbara, California, to Jenni and Dwayne Hauschild. From an athletic family, her father Dwayne played volleyball for Long Beach State, brother Shane competed for UC Santa Barbara's water polo team, and brother Ben competed in water polo for San José State. Paige attended San Marco High School, where she was a standout on their women's water polo team under Coach Brian Roth, becoming an All-CIF honoree on First team three-times during her high school career. She led San Marcos High to the 2017 Division I finals, and was voted the Female Athlete of the Year for her High School in three successive years. In addition to High School competition, Hauschild was active with the Santa Barbara Water Polo club coached by Cathy Neushul. [4][5][6]

University of Southern California

Hauschild attended the University of Southern California, where she majored in communication. She took off much of what would have been her Junior year in 2020 to train with the U.S. National team. At USC, she was coached by Jovan Vavic through 2019, and then by Marko Pintaric from 2020-2023. An accomplished coach, Pintaric was the 2021 National Women's Coach of the Year.[7] An outstanding team contributor, in her Freshman and Sophomore years, she was a finalist for the Peter J. Cutino Award given to the nation's top water polo player. In a collegiate career highlight, Hauschild was instrumental in leading USC women's water polo to the 2018 NCAA Championship, and was a three time All-American. As a strong scorer for both USC and the U.S. National team, Hauschild played Driver, scoring well on outside shots, helping with assists, and playing well nearer the goal on both offense and defense. [1][8][5]

International competition

In international competition, Hauschild was part of the U.S. team that won a gold medal in the 2017 World Championship in Budapest, and another gold in the 2019 World Championship in Grangju, where Hauschild scored a total of seven goals.[9][10][11]

2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medal

Coach Krikorian

Hauschild participated in the water polo team competition at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, under the U.S. women's water polo team's Olympic head coach Adam Krikorian. Krikorian had played for UCLA, and had established successful record coaching UCLA women's water polo. In 2020, the United States was a pre-Olympic favorite to win the gold medal, as they had won the two previous Olympic medals in 2012 and 2016 under Krikorian, as well as winning the 2015, 2017, and 2019 World Championships.[12]

In final competition, the U.S. women's team won a gold medal, defeating Spain 14-5 in the gold medal round. An essential contributor to the U.S. team, Hauschild scored 6 goals at the 2020 Olympic Games.[11] Strong in the late rounds, the U.S. Women had previously won both their quarter-final and semi-final rounds, while Spain beat the strong women's teams from China and Hungary to also move to the final round. In early rounds, in an upset, the U.S. women had lost to Hungary, a country with a strong tradition in men's water polo.[9][13]

With gold medal wins in both 2012, and 2016, the U.S. team were strong pre-Olympic favorites to repeat as gold medal winners. As noted earlier, the women's team from Spain took the silver, and Hungary, a strong team, took the bronze, their first Olympic medal. Unlike the women's team, the Hungary's men's Olympic water polo team had won a record number of prior Olympic medals.[14][15][12]

References

  1. 1 2 "PAIGE HAUSCHILD". Team USA. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Paige Hauschild - Women's Senior National Team". USA Water Polo. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  3. ↑ "Paige HAUSCHILD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  4. ↑ "Former University of California Santa Barbara Coach Alleges Discrimination". Retrieved April 1, 2026.
  5. 1 2 "University of Southern California Water Polo Roster, Paige Hauschild". Retrieved April 1, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Lindberg, Kenny, "Royal's Change-up a Winner", Santa Barbara News Press, Santa Barbara, California, pg. 17". Retrieved April 1, 2026.
  7. ↑ "USC Water Polo, Marco Pintaric". Retrieved April 1, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Paige Hauschild - Women's Water Polo". USC Athletics. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  9. 1 2 "Olympedia Biography, Paige Hauschild". Retrieved April 1, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Paige Hauschild - Women's Senior National Team". USA Water Polo. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  11. 1 2 "USA Water Polo, U.S. Women's Senior National Team, Paige Hauschild". Retrieved April 1, 2026.
  12. 1 2 "USA Water Polo, Adam Krikorian, Women's Senior Team National Head Coach". Retrieved April 1, 2026.
  13. ↑ "olympics.com, "U.S. Women's Water Polo Team Wins Third Gold in Third Consecutive Olympics"". Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Paige HAUSCHILD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  15. ↑ "Paige Hauschild - Women's Senior National Team". USA Water Polo. Retrieved 2021-11-19.


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